My consulting gig with Veem takes me back to China - this
time to Guiyang. In my 10+ years in Asia, I've never been here, the
capital of Guizhou. The development of this city in a very poor
province - likened to Alabama in wealth - is nothing short of astounding,
and a testament to the Chinese centralized government, which deemed Guiyang
to be the Big Data capital of China.

From Guiyang, we flew to Beijing and had a good meeting at
the US Embassy. After a week of meetings in Beijing, I flew to Taiwan
for a family reunion dinner.

After Taiwan, I flew to Shanghai for the final few days of
my business trip. It was great to see old friends. I am amazed
every time I go to Shanghai by its breakneck development. This time it
was all the new restaurants and bars around Nanjing West Road.